Teacher’s sentence for showing movie upheld
An appeals court has upheld the felony conviction of a former substitute teacher who was sentenced to three months in jail for showing a movie including graphic sex and violence to a high school class.
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Jesse Owens’ family makes belated White House visit
Relatives of Jesse Owens and the 17 other African-Americans who competed at the 1936 Olympics will be welcomed to the White House to meet President Barack Obama on Thursday — an honor Owens and others didn’t receive after they returned home from Berlin 80 years ago.
2 plead guilty to live-streaming shooting threat
Two men accused of live-streaming a threat to shoot up their Columbus neighborhood if their video feed scored enough viewers have pleaded guilty to inducing panic.
Rose appeals directly to Cooperstown
Pete Rose has appealed directly to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in an effort to restore his eligibility to be elected.
Reds 2, Cardinals 1
Adam Duvall’s two-run single was all Cincinnati needed as the Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 Wednesday night.
Tigers 6, Indians 3
The Detroit Tigers came away with a rain-shortened 6-3 victory over the Indians Wednesday night, keeping pace with Baltimore in the AL wild-card race.
DC United 3, Crew SC 0
The Columbus Crew SC were blanked, 3-0, by DC United at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.
Police warn dangerous batch of heroin on streets
Columbus police are warning that there could be some highly potent and dangerous heroin circulating in Central Ohio after several apparent overdoses in one neighborhood over a short period of time.
Green, King families want probes; chief wants to talk
As the families of two black people shot by Columbus police officers ask for independent investigations into the shootings of Henry Green and Tyre King, the chief of police calls out protesters for skipping one of her community meetings to address the divide between police and residents of some neighborhoods.
Dog sniffs out child pornography
The newest member of the Franklin County sheriff’s office can sniff out flash drives, SD cards and other electronics that criminals use to hide child pornography.